Dr. Alexander Kellner, co curator of Pterosaurs: Flight in the Time of Dinosaurs, invites participants to touch replicas of famous pterosaur fossils.

Discovery Room

Meet the Scientist in the Discovery Room

Through June 6, 2015

On Saturday February 7th, visitors 7 and older can chat with scientists and learn how they became interested in their fields. Contact discovery@amnh.org for more details.

Aki Watanabe

"Contemplating Dinosaurs"

Saturday, February 7th in the Discovery Room

Sessions at 2:15pm, 3:00pm, and 3:45pm

You dig dinosaurs, and so does Aki Watanabe, a paleontology student at the Richard Guilder Graduate School at AMNH. He uses 3-D printing technology to reconstruct the brains of long extinct animals and determine how these critical organs evolved over time. Join us to learn how and why he became a paleontologist, what it’s like to find fossils from the deserts of Mongolia to sheer cliffs of Romania, and the geeky thrill of seeing a dinosaur brain for the first time.

Event Information

Dates

Through June 6, 2015

Location

1st floor between the Grand Gallery and the Warburg Hall of New York State Environment.

When:February 7th, April 4th, and June 6th 2015

Time:
- Program 1: 2:15pm
- Program 2: 3pm- Program 3: 3:45pm

Note:Free passes are available on the day of the program at the Discovery Room entrance.

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